Columns/Opinions

Republicans, Not Russians, Threaten Our Elections

Republicans are less likely to win elections when voter turnout is high. It’s true: Four of the five states with the highest voter turnout voted blue in the last presidential and midterm elections. All are crucial swing states.

Don’t Make Mark Zuckerberg America’s Political Truth Czar

Politicians lie. Not all of them. Not every time. But most of them, from both “major” political parties, lie. A lot. It’s not always easy to tell when they’re lying. It’s not always easy to prove they’re lying. Often, it’s not even easy to tell if they’re just lying to us or to themselves as well.

Trump To Small Farmers: Get Lost

Donald Trump’s idea of a good farm program seems to be “Hee Haw. On a recent trip to Wisconsin, he drew guffaws from the state’s hard-hit dairy farmers by proclaiming that — thanks to his policies — the farm economy was looking good. “We’re over the hump,” he gloated.

Reducing Uncertainty In Trade With Canada and Mexico

American businesses face enormous challenges right now. The ebb and flow of the trade war with China is roiling supply chains. A simmering tariff war with the European Union could soon boil over. This swirl of uncertainty is threatening to hold back U.S.

Child Care Is An Economic Issue

My husband and I run an oil and vinegar shop in Minneapolis. We love helping customers brighten their meals, but another reason we started our business doesn’t fit neatly into marketing materials: We needed child care, and we couldn’t make it work any other way.

Trump Has Already Confessed to “High Crimes”

Every time a witness testifies behind closed doors in the US House of Representatives’ methodical march toward the impeachment of President Donald Trump, Trump supporters scream “no quid pro quo” while Trump opponents breathlessly inform us that the “smoking gun” has turned up and that impeachment...